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Family

Family, in relation to a person, includes the ascend-ant and descendant of such person. [Bonded Labour System (Abolition) Act, 1976...

Marriage

Marriage. Marriage as understood in Christendom is the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman, to the...

Gavelkind

Gavelkind. A mode or rule of descent by custom abolished by the Administration of Estates Act, 1925, s. 45(1)(a), in...

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Frater fratri uterino non succedet in h'reditate paterna.

Frater fratri uterino non succedet in h'reditate paterna.--(A brother shall not succeed a uterine brother in the paternal inheritance.) The...

Patruus

Patruus, an uncle by the father's side, a father's brother; magnus, a grandfather's brother, great-uncle; major, a grant-grandfather's brother; maximus,...

Cousin

Cousin [fr. Cousin, Fr.; cugino, It.; consobrinus, Lat., whence cusdrin, susrin; sabrino, Sp.]. A cousin is any collateral relation except...

Dependant and dependent

Dependant and dependent. Under s. 4 of the Workmen's Compensation Act, 1925:-- (1) The dependants of a workman entitled to...

In the son or daughter of such a female

In the son or daughter of such a female, even in the absence of the words which were inserted by...

German

German {fr. germain, Fr.; germanus, Lat.], brother; one approaching to a brother in proximity of blood: thus the children of...

fratricide

fratricide [Middle French, from Latin fratricida, from fratr- frater brother + -cida killing] 1 : one that murders or kills...

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